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2020 Election: Race results and voting news in San Antonio

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This article will be updated with need-to-know voting and election information from the San Antonio area throughout the early voting period and Election Day.RELATED:Bexar County surpasses 2016's overall voting turnout: After early voting on Wednesday, Bexar County has surpassed the overall voter turnout for 2016, when 598,691 residents voted in the general election. So far in 2020, 603,733 registered local voters have cast ballots in person or by mail, according to the latest data from the Texas Secretary of State's office. Voters still have Thursday and Friday to vote as well as Election Day on Tuesday. Six extra days of early voting were allowed this year because of the ongoing pandemic.Masks at polling places update: at polling places after an appellate court on Wednesday ordered a hold on U.S. District Judge Jason Pulliam's ruling.On Tuesday, Pulliam issued a temporary order that overruled Gov. Greg Abbott's statewide mask mandate, requiring all Texans to wear masks while voting. Abbott's mask order said it does not apply to polling places, including poll workers. Pulliam said Abbott's order "creates a discriminatory burden on Black and Latino voters.Bexar County breaks 500,000 in-person voters: Bexar County Elections Department Administrator Jacque Callanen announced via Facebook Wednesday that the current total for votes cast in person during early voting passed half a million. According to the latest data from the Texas secretary of state, 570,672 is Bexar's cumulative total for in-person and mail-in votes. In 2016, there were 598,691 votes total. Texans were granted an extra six days of early voting this election season due to the coronavirus pandemic. Two full early voting days remain, and Election Day is Tuesday.Texas voters must wear masks: A federal district judge ruled Tuesday that Texas voters are required to wear face masks while casting their vote at election polls, invalidating Gov. Greg Abbott's exemption for face coverings at polling places.Abbott's mask order in June strongly encouraged voters to wear face coverings but said it does not apply to polling places, including poll workers.On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Jason Pulliam said in his temporary ruling the exemption "creates a discriminatory burden on Black and Latino voters," .Project Veritas activists release S.A. video: A heavily edited video released Tuesday by a conservative activist group purports to show a In the video, released by Project Veritas, the campaign employee also appears to discuss unlawful voter influence tactics, including assisting people at the polls.Texas election update: On Tuesday, , which hasn't voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1976, from "lean Republican" to "toss-up" on its battleground map. In August, NBC's political team launched the map to gauge which state is leaning toward either Joe Biden and Donald Trump in the presidential race. The map is based public and private polling, as well as conversations with Democratic and Republican strategists watching the race.Election Day troops update: Gov. Abbott's office has not responded to questions about his plan to have National Guard members on hand to quell any. The Guard said Monday it would send up to 1,000 troops to cities early as this weekend. The sites would include the state Capitol and the Alamo.Election Day security update: Maj. Gen. James K. “Red” Brown, chief of staff for the Texas National Guard commander, said the activation of , “as we did previously to deter any civil disturbance at sites in various cities within Texas.”Guard troops ordered to S.A.: The Texas Army National Guard said Monday it had been ordered to dispatch 1,000 troops to five major cities around the state in conjunction with the Nov. 3 election, including San Antonio.&nbsp;The guard in recent weeks had told the San Antonio Express-News that its commander, Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris,Early vote totals smash 2016: Early voting figures have surpassed the total for the 2016 election, with five “long days” still to go, the Bexar County election chief said Monday.Bloomberg Donation: Former New York City Mayor and one-time presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg is spending on the state board overseeing the oil and gas industry. The billionaire contributed to help elect Chrysta Castañeda, a Dallas engineer and lawyer hoping to win a seat on the three-member Texas Railroad Commission that regulates oil and natural gas extraction, pipeline safety and surface coal and uranium mining.Last week of early voting: The final week of early voting in Bexar County is likely to generate long lines and wait times, even with extended night hours and new digital tools to help people cast their ballots.Young poll worker mobilization: A national campaign rallying younger people to work the polls says . Power the Polls, which is working to staff polling locations to ensure smoother experiences, put the call out for a younger wave of election workers amid the pandemic.Trump and Biden tied in Texas:&nbsp;President Donald Trump and Joe Biden , according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released on Wednesday, the latest to indicate the presidential race is on track to be the closest the state has seen in decades.Most in-person Bexar early voters so far: so far during the early voting period. According to the Bexar County Elections Department, 41,289 people headed to the polls to cast their ballots Monday ahead of the Nov. 3 general election, beating the previous high of 41,024 last Friday.Most PopularTexas leads nation in early voting totals: Texas is leading the country in ballots cast in the 2020 presidential election so far, .Stark choice between sheriff candidates:&nbsp; between an incumbent sheriff who had a tumultuous first term and a former longtime county clerk with no law enforcement experience, in the Nov. 3 race for one of the county’s oldest elected posts.Crowdsourced poll wait-time tracker: Unlike other major Texas counties, Bexar County voters do not have access to a wait-time map, .How to get an emergency mail-in ballot:&nbsp;The coronavirus pandemic has caused record numbers of people to request mail-in ballots. Some San Antonio voters are so determined to make their votes count they're hand-delivering their mail-in ballots. But what happens if you contract COVID-19 for a mail ballot?Voters are hand-delivering their mail-in ballots:&nbsp;In an election season when unprecedented numbers of Bexar County voters have requested mail-in ballots, hundreds of them are to the elections office every day to deliver their ballots in person.Free rides to the polls: More than 50 volunteers in Bexar County signed up to give during the early voting period and on Election Day, Nov. 3, through a rideshare program, Rideshare2Vote.Sticker perks:&nbsp;You did your civic duty. Now you're sporting an "I Voted" sticker. ?What it's like to vote at the AT&amp;T Center:&nbsp;The AT&amp;T Center is home to the Spurs, big name concerts .County comparisons to 2016:&nbsp;Local voters flooded social media with photos of long lines at Bexar County early voting sites on Tuesday, but less people showed up on the first day of early voting , according to officials.Long lines on day one:&nbsp;Early voting for the general election began Tuesday, and at the local polls.Most PopularTop shopping picks

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